Olimex Announces RT5350F-OLinuXino and Evaluation Boards Availability

Olimex had been working on a small board with Ralink RT5350F processor for over a year, with delays mostly due to software development and undocumented registers. But RT5350F-OlinuXino is now available together with an evaluation board with tow relays, two Ethernet ports, and expansions headers, as well as a DIN EBV still in development.

RT5350F-OlinuXino specifications:

SoC – Ralink / Mediatek RT5350F MIPS24KEc CPU @ 360 MHz

System Memory – 32MB SDRAM

Storage – 8MB SPI NAND Flash

3x headers with access to

USB 2.0 HOST/Device

5x 10/100 Mbps Ethernet port

GPIOs, SPI, I2C

I2S, PCM

UART

JTAG

Power – 3x external DCDC power converters releasing internal RT5350F vreg and preventing common problem with overheating with this chip.

Dimensions – N/A

Operating Temperature Range – -10 to +55C

The board is pre-loaded OpenWRT with Linux 3.18.11. You can find builds instructions and other documentation in the Wiki, as well as github.

Baseboard for RT5350F-OlinuXino module

The company jointly launch the module with RT5350F-OlinuXino-EVB evaluation board with the following technical specifications:

Documentation is available on the same Wiki and Github account as for the module.

Olimex is working is also working an an other EVB with a single Ethernet port, and an LED display that can fit into a DIN enclosure which should be useful for home automation.

It will cost about 35 Euros once it is available in June or a little later. RT5350F-OlinuXino can be purchased now for 15 Euros in single quantities, while RT5350F-OLinuXino-EVB goes for 24 Euros including the module, and you can purchase both directly on Olimex website.